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Chapter 1002 Taking Off the Mask ([-])

Is there really someone who doesn't want to be an emperor?
Looking at history, the answer is clear, yes.

Some people even deliberately humiliate themselves in order not to be the emperor.

They have different reasons for not wanting to be emperor, and each has its own difficulties, but generally speaking, they are tired of fighting and wise to protect themselves.

An empire is like a huge group company. The boss of the company is late and wants to choose an heir.But what the heir saw was blood and blood, and he might have lost his life.

But if you don't become a successor, you can live a relaxed life, eat and drink all day long, play with women, open a small company, and be a national husband.So is anyone else willing to take over?
In history, there were no less than five people who did not want to be emperors but were forced to be emperors.Some have been emperors for a period of time, and then give up the throne.However, some of them aroused their fighting spirit after securing the throne, became greedy for imperial power, and continued to sit down.

When the virtuous king asked Zhang Yunlong again if he wanted to be emperor, Zhang Yunlong said without hesitation: "Compared with Zhao Yu, he is inferior to me in war; I am inferior to me in planning. If you want to unify China, what the Liang Dynasty lacks is not a general, but a general." planners."

Whether this is Zhang Yunlong's sincere words, only Zhang Yunlong himself knows.

Perhaps Zhang Yunlong is really a man with a broad mind and dedication, and he took the initiative to give up the throne to a more capable person; or maybe he just didn't want to be the boss of Liang Chao, a joint venture company, because this boss is not easy to be.Or maybe there were other reasons, but the answer he gave was this sentence.

Hearing what Zhang Yunlong said, Mr. Xian Wang sighed bitterly: "But the Meng family and the Ximen family will not agree. If I guessed correctly, Meng Danqing and Ximen Zhensen have left Luoyang. Not long after, their family representatives will I will go to the palace to talk..."

The old man is used to wind and rain, and has dealt with the powerful for decades, so what he said is really true.When they heard that Zhao Di was hacked to death in the fighting arena, the leaders of the two factions immediately withdrew.They do not participate in the internal wars of the Zhao family, but they cannot allow Zhao Yu, who was trained by the family of the Tang family, to ascend to the throne.

Negotiators of the Meng family and the Ximen family went to the imperial city one after another to see the virtuous king, but the virtuous king did not see them, and only said to meet after the negotiation with Cao Yuzan.

Although they didn't see each other, the representative of the clan said: If you choose Zhao Yu as emperor, it will be equivalent to tearing up the "Alliance of Peace and Peace", and the Meng family and Ximen family will send troops to conquer.At that time, the Flying Tiger Army and the Huben Army will join forces with 30 soldiers. Let's see how your Zhao family resists.Don't forget, now that Tang Zhenyuan is in Anxi, even if he has wings, he won't be able to fly back!

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It was already dark, the battles of all parties had been completely over, each team clearly belonged, and gathered one after another.

At the same time, the news of Kang Wang's arrest has spread to Zhengzhou, Xiangzhou, Mozhou, and Yunzhou.Mr. Xian Wang said that those who voluntarily surrender will forget the past and keep their original ranks, but their positions will be transferred.

King Xian emphasized that all the troops can maintain restraint, do not fight, and do not wear out.

In particular, General Gongsun Xiong of Yunzhou, if General Gongsun can stabilize the overall situation of Yanyun, he will be awarded the hereditary marquis.

At this time, regardless of the troops in Zhengzhou, Xiangzhou, Mozhou, and Yunzhou, we only talk about the land of Gyeonggi.King Xian has three times as many soldiers as Cao Sheng, and he has an advantage in negotiations.

The virtuous king sent envoys to meet the queen mother in the camp, and said: I hope the queen mother will enter the city and participate in the negotiations between the royal family and the powerful.

Was flatly rejected by Cao Yuhan.

The negotiation reached a stalemate, but Mr. Xian Wang was not in a hurry. Instead, he sat in the apse and saw King Kang Zhao Di who was being escorted in, and Zhang Kang who was dying on a stretcher.

Zhang Kang was able to fight, but he was covered in iron and could twist a few nails. At this moment, he was unconscious, with only his last breath left, and the wound was still oozing blood.

Zhao Di stood there expressionless, with disheveled hair and missing royal robes.

King Xian didn't force him to kneel down, but just stared at him and asked, "Are you Old Seventeen?"

Hearing the voice of questioning, Zhao Di suddenly laughed out loud, shaking his head back and forth, but suddenly wept bitterly again, with a strange voice, as if he was choking his throat: "I'm not Old Seventeen, who is Old Seventeen?"

Zhao Di pointed at the group of people around him, especially when he saw Hu Rong, he glared and said, "Do you think the old seventeen is dead? You think I'm a fake! You think that skeleton is me? Hahaha, You have all been fooled by me! Hahahaha! I could fool Chen Mei back then, and of course I could fool you too!"

Xian Wang frowned and said: "What's the matter with your beard? I have the impression that your beard is very thick, and your voice is not right."

As if pouring cold water on him, Zhao Di suddenly sat down on the ground. Instead of answering the question of King Xian, he stared blankly at Zhang Kang on the stretcher.

Zhao Di's face became contorted, and he wanted to cry, but he was sobbing loudly.After crying a few times, he sighed and said, "Third Brother, there are some things I don't want outsiders to hear."

The virtuous king looked around and waved his hands. Zhang Yunlong and the five king kong left the hall, leaving Hu Rong alone.

"Go ahead."

Zhao Di knew that it was impossible for the virtuous king to drive Hu Rong out, so he said, "Chen Mei's first child is mine."

Zhao Di's first sentence surprised the Xian Wang, but the Xian Wang did not interrupt Zhao Di, only to hear Zhao Di continue to say in a dead voice:

"In order to get revenge on me, Chen Mei sent someone to the palace to snatch my son away, and I was also seriously injured by the assassin. Since then, I have been a eunuch. So my beard slowly fell off, and my voice became moderate." Insufficient. At that time, I felt that life was meaningless. How could I have the intention to participate in politics? I just wanted to retreat until I died. But the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind kept blowing. Fifth Brother persuaded me to go out of the mountain because he wanted to overthrow the God-given Emperor and let Zhao Ting be the leader. emperor……"

Zhao Di suddenly laughed again, laughing wildly: "He never imagined that Emperor Tianci is my son. He actually told me that he wanted me to help him kill my son. Hahahaha!"

Xian Wang sat there quietly, but he seemed to hear thunder in his ears. He turned his head slightly and looked at Hu Rong.

Hu Rong immediately said: "This old slave doesn't know about this."

The Xian Wang calculated the time in his mind. At that time, Hu Rong was no longer the chief executive. The Xian Wang turned his head and stared at Zhao Di: "Old Seventeen, you are confused. If you can tell me these words earlier, why should I?" How about meeting your swordsman?"

Zhao Di snorted coldly: "I'm already your prisoner, so stop being hypocritical in front of me. Don't you want to unify China? Now you have succeeded, let your good nephew be the emperor! Go fight! I'll see him Whether the fight can be successful, even if it is defeated, it depends on whether those lands are surnamed Zhao or Tang Mengximen!"

I don't know what the Xian Wang was thinking, but suddenly he burst into tears, wiped a few tears, and sighed: "Actually, Prince Rui told me that Chen Mei's eldest son is not Emperor Wanlong's, but at first I had doubts about Prince Rui, I suspect he is lying to me because he wants Zhao Ting to be the emperor.

Later, Zhao Ting rushed into the city, looking to take down the imperial city, but Zhao Guan suddenly rebelled and let Xue Yun in.As soon as Xue Yun entered the city, he seriously injured Zhu Xieke and killed Zhao Ting.Even at this point, Prince Rui still told me that Zhao Chong was not the son of Emperor Wanlong, and then he went up to the Guanhai Tower and burned himself to death.

This time I believed it, so I suspect that Zhao Chong and Zhao Ce are not the blood of our Zhao family.

I was thinking, if I don't know about this, it's fine, but since I know, how can I just sit idly by?Otherwise, after I die, how can I face my ancestors?That's why I tried my best to abolish Zhao Ce.For this matter, I put my son's life on it.If you could have told me earlier that Zhao Chong was your seed, why should I?
Alas, but the matter has come to this point, it is impossible for me to overthrow the previous statement, otherwise I will not be able to explain to the people below.Then you can only count on it.But don't worry, I won't kill your grandson, as long as Cao Sheng and the others hand over their military power obediently. "

The battle at the Eight Passes subsided, King Xian met King Kang in the apse, what was His Royal Highness King Qin doing during this period?

His Highness is very busy, because he wants to deal with the aftermath, stabilize the overall situation, and get rid of the residual poison.

The way for King Qin to eliminate the remaining poison is not to kill, but to send King Geng Zhao Zhun back to his original residence.Smash the plaque of Marquis of Jiuquan that had just been hung up for a few days, and hang up the plaque of King Geng's Mansion, so that Zhao Zhun can appease those who can take the initiative to abandon the dark and turn to the bright.Zhao Zhun readily agreed.

If King Qin hadn't been busy with these things outside, how could King Xian sit so leisurely in the back hall.

Leaving aside how to deal with surrendering troops and generals, King Qin focused his energy on "reorganizing" the scattered troops brought by the spies.Moreover, according to the merits of the secret agents and their seniority in the secret service organization, a temporary designation "Jingtong Column" was formed, which was different from the traditional Xuanjia Army.The king of Qin proclaimed himself "General of Military Statistics of Gyeonggi Province", referred to as General of Gyeonggi Province.

Li Fu, the chief of the secret service, was appointed as the deputy general of Jingzong.

Qin Wang's team, together with Zhang Yunlong's first division, Zhao Feng's seventh division, and Sha Junwan's No.19 division, totaled more than 6 people.These 6 people confronted Cao Sheng, Zhao Yafu, and Cao Yuzan's more than 2 people at Luqiaoyi.

Rather than confrontation, it is better to say encirclement.

After being surrounded, Cao Yuzan wrote three consecutive letters to the King of Qin expressing his condemnation. The general contents of the three letters are:
As Emperor Daxing's closest uncle, how much the Ai family relied on you and trusted you, how embarrassing is it that you took the lead in rebellion?
How many times have people advised me to kill you in the apse, but I can't bear it, now you have the heart to kill me?You are a wolf-hearted dog, can't you understand my intolerance?
Why didn't you reply, did you discover your conscience and be condemned by your conscience?If this is the case, the Ai family is very relieved. In the future, when I go underground to see Emperor Tianci, I will also say a few words of kindness for his younger brother.

After all, it is just talking about feelings. It seems that the little widow is desperate and has no way out.

The king of Qin wrote back to Cao Yuzan: I didn't say I would abolish Emperor Daxing, what are you in a hurry for?
This time Cao Yuzan didn't move, and I don't know whether she believes this sentence or not.

Later, I saw the envoy of the virtuous king enter Cao Sheng's barracks, but because both sides of the negotiation proposed conditions that the other party could not accept, the negotiation soon collapsed.But negotiators from both sides said they were willing to rework the terms of the talks.

Due to Zhao Di's defeat, the army was disintegrated, and the faction's staff died and fled, and the Kangwang faction no longer existed.

Now negotiating is the rebel faction headed by the wise king Zhao Xuan, the Qin king Zhao Yu, Xuanjia general Zhang Yunlong, and the royalist faction headed by the empress dowager Cao Yuzan, Xuanjia director general Cao Sheng, and Xuanjia chief deputy general Zhao Yafu.

But when the two factions are negotiating, the attitude of the three factions must not be ignored, so King Xian asked to hold a tripartite meeting directly.Just at Shili Station in the west of the city, King Xian, King Kang, King Qin, Zhang Yunlong, Zhao Yafu, Tang Xun, Meng Qi, and Ximen Zaipei gathered together.

Kang Wang was escorted here, and Zhao Yafu was the negotiator of the royalist faction. The two seemed to be in a low mood.

The most intriguing ones are the three old men sent by the Sanmen Clan.After Tang Xun came, he sat there like an idiot, without saying a word.Because he didn't need to speak at all, Tang's attitude at this time was very clear, that is, he supported Tang's uncle, King Qin.

In the eyes of the other two clans, King Qin is half of the Tang clan, and this rebellion was triggered by King Qin.Guan Mengqi and Ximen Zaipei, two old men, came to the negotiating table with revenge for killing their father. They spoke one after another that they would never allow King Qin to ascend the throne.If you can't agree to this prerequisite, then don't talk about it, let's just get started.

The virtuous king said, don't get excited, you two old turtles.

The wise king weighed his left and right sides, and finally said: "We have no intention of changing the emperor at all in this operation, but just reorganized the military power. It will save you from constant assassinations and live in fear."

Hearing this, Meng Qi and Ximen Zaipei said happily, "I am willing to stay and be peacemakers."

(End of this chapter)